Sharuna

Sharuna lies in Middle Egypt near the Nile and the archaeological site of Kom el-Ahmar. The ancient town here was known as Hut-nesut, and its remains include tombs and a temple of the Ptolemaic period. Later Christian communities left a funerary church and the monastery of Deir el-Qarabin. These remains reveal a place occupied across successive periods of Egyptian history, between the fertile valley and the desert edge.